FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ANSEL

MDR report key: 1881655 · Received September 28, 2010

Report

Report Number
1881655
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 28, 2010
Date of Event
September 22, 2010
Report Date
September 28, 2010
Manufacturer
COOK
Product Code
DYB
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT HAD A DIAGNOSIS OF LEFT LOWER LEG ISCHEMIA. HE WAS TAKEN TO CARDIAC CATH LAB. A 7FR ANSEL SHEATH INTRODUCER WAS INSERTED INTO LEFT FEMORAL SUPERFICIAL ARTERY WITH THROMBOLYTIC AGENT AND HEPARIN INFUSING. RN EXAMINED THE PATIENT WHO WAS FOUND TO BE PROFUSELY BLEEDING. GROIN PRESSURE INITIALLY HELD, THOUGHT TO BE BLEEDING FROM GROIN AT CATHETER INSERTION SITE. FURTHER EVALUATION PROVED AT THE SITE OF BLEEDING FROM CATHETER AT THE HUB, IT SHEARED AWAY FROM THE CATHETER. SHEATH WAS REMOVED. PATIENT RECEIVED MULTIPLE UNITS OF BLOOD FOR LOW BLOOD PRESSURE AND HEART RATE.====================== MANUFACTURER RESPONSE FOR 7 FR ANSEL SHEATH, (BRAND NOT PROVIDED)======================HAVE NOT HAD A RESPONSE AT THIS TIME.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ANSEL INTRODUCER, CATHETER DYB COOK * *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 70 YR OTHER